When Omar asked me whether I trusted myself to understand the ultimate reality, I jumped on a punchline ("It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta ...") instead of taking it more seriously. My more serious answer to Omar is that "understand" is not really what I want to do with ultimate reality. "Understand" is too Gnostic, in that it implies control and mastery, which are delusional relationships. While I search for a better phrase, this post is to acknowledge the serious intent of Omar's question, which I blunted with a too-easy reply. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html